Small explosive found near Brazilian sanctuary before pope's visit

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian police found a small homemade explosive in a parking garage near a Catholic sanctuary in the city of Aparecida where Pope Francis is scheduled to visit later this week, a state news service said on Monday.

The explosive, made with a plastic pipe wrapped in tape, was safely detonated by a police bomb squad.

The device was found in the bathroom of a parking structure in Aparecida, a city in Sao Paulo state whose sanctuary honors the patroness of Brazil, Our Lady of Aparecida. It was unclear if the device was related to the pope's visit.

(Reporting by Bruno Marfinati; Editing by Paul Simao)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/small-explosive-found-near-brazilian-sanctuary-popes-visit-215044192.html

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Service celebrates life of slain college student Stephanie Schmidt

Two decades after the death of a Leawood college student, her friends and relatives gathered at a Prairie Village church to celebrate her life.

Stephanie Schmidt was a 19-year-old student at Pittsburg State University in 1992 when co-worker Donald Ray Gideon kidnapped, raped and murdered her.

After Schmidt's death, her parents turned their attention to advocating for victims and spent most of the past 20 years pushing for more stringent laws and longer sentences.

Stephanie's Law, which allows the state to keep certain sex offenders confined to mental facilities after they serve their sentences, was passed in her honor.

Sunday, Schmidt herself was the focus of "Sing Out for Stephanie," aimed at honoring the life of the person she was. She would have celebrated her 40th birthday earlier this month.

"I think the important thing is that we have gone on with our lives. We have her in our lives every day. Stephanie knows we are doing this," said her mother, Peggy Schmidt. "It's a good time and (we're) remembering memories of Stephanie growing up."

Stephanie Schmidt's young nieces attended the celebration, which gave them the chance to understand why she was so special to so many people.

Source: http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-city/service-celebrates-life-of-slain-college-student-stephanie-schmidt/-/11664182/21090996/-/5eie8lz/-/index.html?absolute=true

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Drive Assist iPhone App Review: A Truly Stunning Driving App

Tucker Cummings | On 21, Jul 2013

Drive Assist is an iPhone app developed by Woo.Do. This gorgeous app is available for both iPhone and iPad, and it looks stunning on both devices.

What Drive Assist brings to the table is a full-featured toolkit for making your driving experience better. In addition to acting as a navigational service, this beautiful app also works as a speedometer, weather warning system, and music player for your ideal road trip playlists.

One thing that?s awesome about Drive Assist by Wo.Doo is the fact that you can adjust all kinds of parameters and settings to make this app your own. You can adjust the color scheme, as well as toggle between metric and imperial distance measures. There are options for setting a touch autolock, speed alerts, and even a place to enter your odometer readout.

The real high point here is the overall look of Drive Assist. It?s rare to see an app that?s this polished, elegant, and downright sexy. The interface is easy to navigate, and the app is just so graphically superior to any other app in its class.

I?d be hard-pressed to name another navigation app that looks and works as well as this one does. Moreover, Drive Assist really distinguishes itself with an easy-to-read compass, straightforward weather icons, and constant trip timers. The only downside? Being able to see how much of your total travel time was spent moving versus spent sitting in traffic might make you grouchy about rush hour traffic delays.

There isn?t a person in my social circle who doesn?t use their iPhone or iPad behind the wheel. Whether it?s to control music, plan a route, or track driving habits, we all love to use our iDevices within the confines of our car cockpits. This well-rounded app is a stunner for drivers of all ages. For those about to drive, we salute you.

Review Overview

A beautifully designed app that makes your driving experience more lush and enjoyable than ever before.

Source: http://www.tapscape.com/drive-assist-iphone-app-review/

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City Council President Sounds Warning Cry About Philadelphia?s Worker Pension Fund

(Philadelphia City Hall. File photo by Tony Hanson)

By Mike Dunn

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The 2009 one-percent hike in the Philadelphia sales tax was supposed to be temporary, but it?s now permanent as part of the state?s solution to the school district cash crisis.

City Council President Darrell Clarke, though, thinks some of that money should go to prop up the city worker pension fund.

For months all eyes have been focused on the whopping deficits facing the school district, but Council President Darrell Clarke is also worried about the pension fund of city workers, which is sorely underfunded.

?If we don?t fix our local pension problem, we?re going to be looking at a ?School District of Philadelphia? type of (financial) scenario for the city of Philadelphia,? he explained.

Right now the city is using general fund dollars to meet its minimum obligation payments to the pension fund.

Clarke is now floating a plan that would devote about half of the now permanent city sales tax hike to the fund, with the rest going to the schools.

That?s about $70 million a year for the fund, but a big hurdle is still in place; any such change would require approval of the state legislature and governor.

Source: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/21/city-council-president-sounds-warning-cry-about-philadelphias-worker-pension-fund/

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Police in Madison Wisconsin arrested a 21yearold man who tried to sell 1500 worth of stolen golf clubs to a Play It Again S...

SbB LIVE FROM LA (Jul 18, 2013 @ 9:26pm ET)

9:00 PM: WAOW has the story of Margaretta Wolf, a 96-year-old grocery store owner in Marshfield, Wisconsin who stood up to a would-be robber that was armed with a knife: "I said you can have all the Tootsie Rolls you want but I am not opening that cash register."

8:45 PM: KDVR has video of the Denver Broncos hosting an exercise boot camp for women at the team's training facility.

8:30 PM: New York Knicks player Amar'e Stoudemire has been asked by Israeli president Shimon Peres to play for Israel's national basketball team. Stoudemire is in the county serving as an assistant coach of Canada's Maccabiah Games team.

8:15 PM: Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher said on Thursday he wished the team was "more honest" with him in contract talks before he decided to retire. Urlacher added that if the Bears win the Super Bowl without him, "I'd be mad because I wasn't a part of it."

8:00 PM: The Newark Star Ledger reports that due to opposition from neighbors, the New York Jets have withdrawn their application to place a helicopter landing pad at their training facility in Florham Park, New Jersey.

7:45 PM: Lakers player Pau Gasol tweets his welcome to new teammates Jordan Farmar, Wesley Johnson & Nick Young: "Let's get ready for a great season."

7:30 PM: Golden State Warriors owner Peter Guber has been tweeting photos from his visit to the Serengeti in Africa, including his encounters with an elephant and a giraffe.

7:15 PM: Southern Miss has named Bill McGillis as the Golden Eagles' new athletic director. McGillis previously served as executive associate athletic director at South Florida.

7:00 PM: San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks will not face criminal assault charges for allegedly hitting teammate Lamar Divens in the head multiple times with a beer bottle in an incident last month.

6:45 PM: The NFL announces that Indianapolis Colts tight end Weslye Saunders has been suspended for eight games for violating the league's PED policy.

6:30 PM: The Centre Daily Times reports the Penn State Board of Trustees has authorized $60 million to be paid in settlements to victims of convicted child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky. Meanwhile, legal costs for Penn State over the Sandusky scandal have reached $46.8 million.

6:15 PM: Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski reporters former Miami Heat player Mike Miller has cleared amnesty waivers and is now officially a free agent.

6:00 PM: Injured Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko begins his rehab assignment tonight with the Double-A Birmingham Barons as they face the Chattanooga Lookouts.

5:45 PM: The Biz of Baseball reports the Miami Marlins will host a Legends of Wrestling Night for their August 24 game against the Colorado Rockies. Former WCW & WWE wrestler Bill Goldberg is scheduled to throw out the first pitch.

5:30 PM: Colorado Avalanche center Matt Duchesne tweets a photo of himself signing a new five-year contract extension: "So excited to be part of the Avs future! Love this franchise, team and city, couldn't be happier!"

Source: http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/sbblive?eid=54114

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Old Town Fort Collins olive oil store teams with winery to offer tasting room on College Avenue

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Source: http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20130718/BUSINESS/307180046/-1/rss11

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Review~ iPad 2 Case & Stand by Snugg

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